Tea dear friend? I am making a pot

This is me!

I am a wife to my darling husband Rob, he is my best friend truly he is, I am a mother of four and a grandmother to ten darlings. I enjoy living in the country and family is everything to us. The photo is of my grandmother, mother, little sister and ME a v.long time ago, but that is ok! because I enjoy following the path of woman who have gone before me.

The call of a loon - beautiful!

Tea with friends

Friends forever!

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I love to swap!

were I go in my dreams

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Pack a picnic - This is our Sunday!

This is my husband enjoying a stroll around the beautiful gardens of St.Erth just out of Blackwood. the cottage was built in 1854 by Mathew Rogers and is now one of the lovely gardens of "the digger's club" of which we are members. We love to grow heirloom vegetables and plants and as members we get to see and grow them all.This is their lovely orchard that was started by passed owners in the 1930's and they have added some new heirloom fruits this year.

We will admit we are "fair weather" gardeners but to sit here today and have a picnic lunch and watch the fairy wrens dash about I am happy to be know as such for it is in the fair weather! when all comes alive to enjoy.

Not a good photo of the original cottage built in 1854 named after Mathew Rogers birthplace in cornwall...................This is a beautiful sandstone cottage restored for us all to enjoy. The trees hide a million daffodil bulbs just ready to bloom! we will be back in about three weeks to take some photos of them in all their stunning glory.

This is me in another part of this lovely garden. around the cottage is about four hectares of gardened land and containing over 3000 varieties of plants there is much to see even at this time of the year. Beautiful Helleborus a favourite of mine, the (winter rose) such stunning colours they were here today. And another love of mine the first to bloom in the bulb family, the little crocus. the bee came in just to smile and have his photo taken even if he was O! So Busy! in the sunshine.

It was a lovely peaceful day up in the hills an this vintage cottage garden.

I have heard of heirloom plants. When I was in NZ last, I found commercially packaged seeds of all these old fashioned veges and flowers that I picked up for my daughters and that I hadn't found in Australia. Some wouldn't grow in Qld as it is too hot, but I got the ones that I thought would grow, so we're waiting to see how they go.

I love those spring crocus, too hot here for them. But it looks as if you had a lovely Sunday.

Oh wow, I just love your crocus image! Wendy means, in some name interpretations, "dream led daughter searching for violets in the snow". So...well I know its not snowing yet, but I have this soft spot in my heart for brave little purple flowers like this, such as your sweet crocus here.

I had a chance to do the post I've been wanting to do with the much loved pumpkin image of yours, its on a newly started little cooking blog at http://brothinabonebowl.blogspot.com/2006/08/gourd-and-cord-food-for-forgiveness.html . Thanks for letting me use it, and for inspiring me with it. I may use the crocus image too later if you don't mind : )

What a delightful blog you write! I discovered you through your comment to "The Lone Beader." We share a lot of interests though I'm way over in Colorado,USA. I noticed your jadite shakers; we use jadite dishes in our kitchen, as well as shakers, pitchers, and cannisters. I love the old depression era glassware.